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The
Newsletter of the Arts Council Of
Northumberland
he Arts Council of
Northumberland encourages creativity and raises the visibility of the
artist and the arts community through advocacy, communications and
leadership.
Website:
http://www.northumberlandarts.ca/
This newsletter
covers theatre, music, lectures, films, workshops and
exhibitions.
A long-range
calendar of events is available HERE.
A listing of member artists is
available HERE
Arts and
cultural organizations wishing to place events on the long-range calendar
please notify Oliver Steins at soliver@cogeco.net
ACN Member
Artist Of The Week
Jeff
Gardner – photographer I love pre-dawn starts,
I fantasize about getting dirty, I enjoy being rained on and I absolutely
revel in being lost in unfamiliar places and cultures. But most of all I
love taking pictures of people doing what they love
doing.
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From The Arts Council – Artists Only! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS In
2008 we added a Square Foot Art
Show to the weekend's activities in Memorial Park. The show has become
a crowd favourite, with over 300 people casting their votes for the
"People's Choice" art work in 2009. We are bringing back the Square Foot
Art Show for 2010. The Square Foot Art Show includes original works of
painting, drawing, watercolour, pastel, photography, sculpture . as long
as the work measures 12 inches x 12 inches (including any frame) and is no
more than 5 inches thick. All works are on sale for only $200. The Square
Foot Art Show is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the creativity of many
visual artists – and you might just take home an original work of art to
go along with the memories of beautiful music.
The planning for the 2010 Brighton Lions/BAC/Ontario is Art Month Art Show and Sale has begun so please circle October 22, 23 and 24 on your planner ! If you were with us last year, you are guaranteed a place at this years show. We will hold a place for you until September 1, 2010. The price this year will be $40.00 per booth. No commissions will be charged. We are very excited about the Art Show this year as we are
partnering with the Brighton Arts Council, and October is Art Month for
the County of Northumberland. Advertising will be more extensive and
include updated information on the website: http://www.octoberisartsmonth.ca/index.php
The ACN website now has a map of cultural attractions – galleries, theatres, museums - in Northumberland. It is a work in progress with the possibility of including studios, arts supplies stores and other ancillary businesses. Check it out HERE
Exposure! Exposure! Exposure! Want Lots of Visitors on your webpage? 1,200 to 1,400 different people visit the ACN website each month. For more info on membership, click
HERE
Arts
Headlines
With more than 500 activities now registered in Ontario, the Culture Days movement is starting to take shape in our province. Community organizers in Chatham-Kent and Huron County are finding creative ways to inspire their rural communities to get involved in Culture Days. In mid-sized cities such as Peterborough and Stratford, Culture Days organizers have focused on their growing cultural sectors and the positive impacts on the local economy and quality of life. Meanwhile in Ottawa and Toronto numerous activities are spread throughout diverse neighbourhoods that reflect the variety of artists, cultural institutions and arts groups in our urban centres. See what is happening in your community by searching the Celebration Schedule.
Music for peace in Port Hope Enjoy music with a message at the Port Hope band shell. 'Concert Ecology', the second in a series of world wide concerts dedicated...
Capitol welcomes classic family show
First-time reader at Poetry Workshop Aug. 19 - She's been writing poetry since she was in Grade 3 in New Brunswick but she has never, even as an adult poet living in Cobourg
The Arts
Northumberland Blog:
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What’s On – This Weekend
And The Coming Week
Port Hope Festival Theatre at the Capitol. The Music Man, the Broadway musical by Meredith Willson. August 5th – August 29th. The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen.
Spirit of the Hills presents its Fourth Annual Juried Photography Show and Sale, August 14 & 15, in Warkworth at the Percy Heritage Centre (Memorial Community Hall), 35 Church Street. Photographs will be judged by Michael van Leur, a professional photography who has worked for Macleans, Toronto Life, and Report on Business magazines amongst other media outlets. Winners announced on Sunday, August 15th during Warkworth’s Long Lunch.
Ron James - Back for the 5th time! 2nd Season of his show! New Material! Saturday, August 14, 8PM, at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg. Tickets: $50 (incl. HST) Canada's most consistently sold out stand-up comedian, RON JAMES, makes a visit to Cobourg with a poetically-charged, rocket fuelled trip across Canada's cultural landscape. Ron James is an award-winning comedian who has appeared on every major television network in North America over the last twenty-five years. Beginning as an actor with Toronto's The Second City in the early 1980s, Ron went on to appear in dozens of commercials and television shows, garnering a Genie Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor and sharing a Gemini Award as part of the writing team for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. At the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards, Ron was voted Canadian Comedian of the Year. In 2009 The Ron James show debuted on the CBC to critical and commercial success. Season Two is right around the corner and you can catch it Friday’s at 8pm on the CBC. " http://www.ronjames.ca/
Founders Week will
run from Aug. 14 to 22 and includes an historical reenactment of the
founding of Hastings, a founders display, an antique auction, Hastings
Founders Fibre Festival, Historical Society open house, a big band dance,
an historical walking tour and more. Complete programme HERE
Gail Bowen Book Launch, Monday, August 16th, 7 pm – Mary J. Benson Branch, Port Hope. Mystery writer Gail Bowen returns to PHPL to launch her newest Joanne Kilbourn title The Nesting Dolls. Gail is a first-rate writer, a captivating reader, and a fascinating person with whom to spend a summer evening, even when she has murder on her mind.
Summer Movies
for Kids, Wednesdays at 1 pm, July 7th to August
25th – Mary J. Benson Branch. Free, no ticket required, seats
available on a first come, first served basis; August
18th – The Spy Next Door; August 25th
– Alice in Wonderland
Cobourg Poetry Workshop presents AN EVENING OF POETRY, Thursday, August 18th, 7:30 pm at 66 King East, Cobourg - with C.R. Ward, Jill Battson, Guest Poet - Susan Helwig emcee – tbd. Interlude Music from the guitar of Phillip Hughes.
What’s Coming – At The
Lectures, Readings, Book Launches and Awards
What’s Coming? - At The
Theatre And Dance
The
Capitol Theatre summer programme HERE
The
Brighton Barn Theatre summer programme HERE
The
Stirling Festival Theatre
summer programme HERE
The Fourth
Line Theatre summer programme HERE
What’s Coming? - At The
Concerts and Opera
Tickets for the MET Opera performances at the Capitol are
now on sale.
There is a new Opera Guild in your neighbourhood! Starting in September 2010, the Northumberland Opera Guild will run a full program of monthly lectures, focussing on the upcoming 2010-2011 season of the Canadian Opera Company, and will organize bus trips to the Sunday afternoon performances at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto. Annual Membership Fees are $25 for a single and $35 for a family. To join, please send your name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and a cheque payable to The Northumberland Opera Guild to: Val Mancktelow, Treasurer, 208 Walton Street, Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 1N9. For more information, please contact Thaďs Donald, President at (905) 885-7483 or northumberlandoperaguild@gmail.com The Northumberland Opera Guild is now part of the COC family, and is featured on the COC website here http://www.coc.ca/AboutTheCOC/Affiliates/OperaGuilds/NorthumberlandGuild.aspx We have sold a number of tickets to the individual performances, and are in the process of making bus arrangements. For the first season we are talking with the Kingston Guild about sharing their bus, and there are a finite number of spaces. So this is by way of a last call, particularly for those who have Sunday subscriptions or are considering getting them, and would like to travel on the bus – particularly attractive during winter! You can find out how to join the Guild by going to the website shown above.
The Magic of Ireland Tuesday August 24th, 7:30PM, at the Park Playhouse, Cobourg . Tickets: $31.50 (plus HST). Long before Riverdance there was Irish dance, music and song, often taking place spontaneously in kitchens, taverns and at family gatherings. In small villages across the land the percussion of the dance steps fuelled the exciting pulse of the music and its ancient, compelling rhythms. These traditional arts endure today in much the same way, evoking a time and place steeped in legend, lore and enchantment. The Magical Dance of Ireland offers the most authentic Irish cultural experience of any production, anywhere. The show is all live, featuring the finest award-winning artists performing today. Experience a spectacular evening of traditional Irish dance, music and song enhanced by stunning costumes, lighting and sound. This is indeed, the Magical Dance of Ireland
Shelter Valley Folk Festival 2010, September 3 - 5 An annual Northumberland Labour Day weekend celebration of wonderful music, juried art, wellness, sustainable living and harvest food over three days near Grafton, Ontario (about an hour and a half east of Toronto). Voted one of Canada’s Top 10 Festivals by CBC Radio 3. Recorded a first time sell-out of Weekend Passes in 2009. For more information visit www.sheltervalley.com or call 1-866-612-SVFF.
The Shelter Valley Shape-Note Singers will be gathering on Sunday, September 5th at 11:00 a.m. in the Artists' Village Workshop Tent on the festival site of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival. Anyone who wishes to sing is welcome to join us in sharing the shape-note tradition with a new audience.
Jazz @ PHPL, Thursday, September 16th, 7:30 pm – Mary J. Benson Branch, Port Hope. Paul Miner and the Ambassadors Dixieland Band bring live jazz to PHPL. No librarians ‘shushing’ on this evening – the performance will be upstairs in the acoustically gifted open space of the adult library.
All Canadian JAZZ Festival Port Hope, September 24, 25,26th Port Hope. For tickets phone 905-885-1938 or visit website. Park is licensed and great food is available on-site. Don't Miss our Square Foot Show. www.allcanadianjazz.ca
What’s Coming – Workshops
and Auditions
Free Watercolour
Essentials Workshop With Mary Boettcher. This workshop is being
offered exclusively to students who have registered for Frans' "Photograph to a Painting"
workshop. Frans' workshop is
being sponsored by The Painted Tree and is being held at the Best Western Hotel in Cobourg on
October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2010. Both the information and
material provided at this half day workshop will be given free of
charge.
Stone sculpture workshop. Learn the basics of carving stone with hand tools. This workshop will run for 6 weeks on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 9pm starting Sept. 14. A meeting to arrange tools and stone will be on Sept. 7. The location is north of Grafton near St. Anne’s Spa. Cost is $135. You will learn how to work with hammers, chisels, rasps, files, saws, sandpapers and polishes to take your piece of rock to a high-gloss work of art. All the stones we will be working with will be of a softer variety: soapstone, alabaster, wonderstone, etc. You will be required to purchase the stone (approximately $1.35 per lb. We usually work with 10 to 80 lb stones). You will also be required to purchase a basic set of hand tools (chisel & hammer set $88 + tax and a rasp $20 to $25 +tax) from Sculpture Supply in Toronto. The workshop will have 8 people max. Contact Dave by Email: david@davidgbrown.ca or 905-372-4849
Open Auditions - Northumberland Orchestra & Choir – Choir Tuesday, 14th September, 2010. During the month of September, the Northumberland Orchestra & Choir (NOC) is holding open auditions for new CHOIR MEMBERS.If you are interested in trying out for the Choir, please attend Trinity United Church, Division Street, Cobourg on the Tuesday listed : 7:00 pm. Please bring some music to sing, and there will also be some sight reading. For more information or an appointment, call 905-372-9834, or 905-377-1477. or e-mail : NOC Secretary at : mccoysm@sympatico.ca Thursday, 16th
September, 2010During the month of September, the Northumberland
Orchestra & Choir (NOC) is holding open auditions for new ORCHESTRA MEMBERS.If you have
Grade 6 RCM level or higher in music and wish to try out for the
Orchestra, please attend CDCI West, Music Room, 135 King Street West,
Cobourg, on the Thursday listed : Starting at 7:00 pm.and for more
information or an appointment, call 905-797-9656, or 905-377-1477.
New Photography Workshop Announcement - Richard Martin’s VISION & DISCOVERY NORTHUMBERLAND, September 18-24, The Woodlawn Inn. Richard Martin’s intelligent and caring workshop philosophy is based on a great deal of experience both as participant and instructor. The creativity of his vision, images and teaching is inspiring.” Freeman Patterson.
Fabrics and textiles often have unique histories and hold special meaning. People treasure fabric from mothers, grandmothers, childhood, special places and events. Local professional artist and educator Alice Vander Vennen is now providing textile art workshops for anyone interested in stitching these and similar materials together into evocative art pieces. The three workshops Alice is offering are:
“Incorporating
Nature: Branching Out”, Friday, September 10, 3-7:30 pm; Saturday, Sept.
11, 10-5 pm.
For more information, contact Alice at alice@alicevandervennen.ca, or 905-372-9319. Registration can be completed via her website, www.alicevandervennen.ca.
New Instructors at the Painted Tree, Cobourg - Beth Hoselton and Avril Bull have joined the line up of instructors at The Painted Tree Art Supplies. Beth will be teaching an Introduction to Watercolour course and Avril will be teaching an Introductory drawing course. Summer Kid's Schedule Now Available. Sundays-Buy 2 get 1 free Stretched Canvas!! We are open 1-4:00.
Cindy Taylor is offering a series of photography workshops
through the Fleming College campus in
Cobourg.
Please
visit the website HERE for information on
the courses.
Choral Legacy is a women's choir that sings music in three or four part harmony. Our musical selections encompass a wide variety of styles, including jazz standards, show tunes, and popular music. The chorus rehearses on Monday nights under the direction of Shasta Morey, at Baltimore United Church starting at 7:15 pm. We are always looking for women who enjoy the fun and friendship that come from singing together. If you are interested in joining our choir, please call Ann Knott 885-6534 or Shasta Morey 349-2188.
This from ACN member Chrissy Poutras:I am the owner of Spark Box Studio, a new artist studio and residency program in Picton, Ontario. We have recently launched an Emerging Artist Residency Award which gives young emerging artists the chance to participate in an artist residency free of charge for up to one week. Along with this opportunity we have also started building a resource site for emerging artists called the Emerging Artist Guide. This guide can be viewed by going to www.emergingartistguide.wordpress.com.. Website: www.sparkboxstudio.com.
The Painted Tree, Cobourg Visit the Website HERE. Also a series of kids’ workshops is in the planning stage.
Northumberland Hooks and Needles Guild meets at Regency Manor Nursing
Home, 66 Dorset St. E., Port Hope at 7:00 p.m. Contact Yvonne O’Neill
905-885-4872. Northumberland Hooks and Needles meetings have changed to the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month. The first mtg., following summer holidays, will
be September 9th,
the second mtg. will be September 23rd, and so on.
What’s On And Coming – At
The Shows, Exhibitions and Tours
Three Cheers for the Abstract - July 1 - August 27, At the AGN, Main Gallery, Victoria Hall, Cobourg. Continuing with the anniversary year, which is concentrating on the permanent collection of the AGN’s, the summer exhibition, will celebrate the collection of mid-twentieth century abstract works. The exhibition includes painting, prints, mixed media and sculpture. Come and rediscover the works of Harold Town, William Ronald, Victor Vaserely, Morus Hummel, Sheila Maki, Victor Tinkl, Tom Bjharnason, Janet Read, Dorothy Caldwell and many more.
Ewart, Kennedy & Quinn: Recent Paintings - July 4 -
August 29, 2010 At the AGN, Upstairs Gallery, Port
Hope
The Pine Ridge Art
Association invite you to view some of their member's paintings for the
month of August at the Human Bean/Cobourg Coffee House on King Street
West, Cobourg. Mon-Fri. 7 am
to 6 pm
The Colborne Art Gallery is pleased to present Horizontals and Verticals, an exhibition of paintings by Gallery member Anne Wilson, and From the Forest Floor, an exhibition of ceramic art by Gallery member Terrie MacDonald. Both Horizontals and Verticals and From the Forest Floor open August 14, 2010 with an opening reception from 2-4 pm, and run until September 26, 2010. Please join us to discover Anne and Terrie’s latest works, along with a selection of other new works, by the members of the Colborne Art Gallery.
The Cobourg Horticultural Society, hosts its annual Summer Flower Show and Tea, on Saturday, August 21, from 1.30 – 4 pm, at the Cobourg Library. Visitors are welcome. The Flower Show includes a variety of classes for annuals, perennials, vegetables, display and design. Roses, gladiolus, dahlias and houseplants are special features. This year the Design classes have a theme of 10 famous women, from Michelle Obama to Lucy M. Mongomery.
Dorothy Winter. Wall
Pieces. A selection from twenty years at Meet
at 66 King Street East. July 20th to September 10th.
2010
Northumberland Hill Studio Tour, Saturday & Sunday . September 11
& 12 . 10 am to 5 pm. Information on artists and map HERE
October 23 and 24 – a really big event is coming to Cobourg. The Victoriana Show for many years was held in Toronto. Now its originator has moved to Cobourg, and she is bringing her show with her. Occupying Victoria Hall, The Market and Fire Hall, there are going to be all sorts of events, together with a marketplace of themed merchandise. There will be lectures, displays, and films shown at the Park Playhouse. There will be food, both picnics to go and what unfortunately has become known in North America as High Tea.
Spirit of the Hills presents a new show “360 Degrees” by artist Erwin Rummel at the Campbellford Library from July 9th – Sept. 30th. View exhibit during regular library hours.
Ganaraska Studio Tour 2011 Call for Artists. The Ganaraska Studio Tour is looking for new participants for the April 2011 tour. Open to residence living in the area bounded by Hwy 28, County Rd. 9 and County Rd. 65. Applicants outside these boundaries will be considered as guest artists, if space is available. Applications are available on line at www.ganaraskastudiotour.ca For further information please call 905-797-3172. Deadline for applications is October 15, 2010.
From The Cobourg Art
Club - See paintings by local artists at The Mill restaurant and pub,
Cobourg, a continuing show with lots of variety. Also, a continuing and
current display at the Dalewood
Golf and Curling Club on Dale Rd, Cobourg. Everyone welcome, for more info call Maureen
372-7214
Fourth Annual Juried Photography Show and Sale, August 14 & 15 at Taylor Accounting in Warkworth. Photography Show Registration Details Photography Show Rules of Entry
The Friends of Bon Echo Park invite all nature artists to the Bon Echo Art Exhibition & Sale at Bon Echo Provincial Park, Hwy.41, Cloyne, ON. The theme of this juried exhibition of original art is about Canadian Nature, Wildlife, or Countryside, and will take place on July 23, 24, 25, 2010. deadline for applications: March 1, 2010. For Applications & Information: Derek Maggs, Executive Director, Friends of Bon Echo Park, 16151 Hwy. 41, RR#1, Cloyne , ON, K0H 1K0.Phone: 613-336-0830 Email: fobecho@mazinaw.on.ca Website: www.mazinaw.on.ca/art
What’s Coming? –
At The Movies
Summer Movies
for Kids, Wednesdays at 1 pm, July 7th to August
25th – Mary J. Benson Branch. Free, no ticket required, seats
available on a first come, first served basis. August 18th –
The Spy Next Door August 25th – Alice in
Wonderland
What’s On – At The
Competitions
Elizabeth Barlow and Ian Marnoch each won a $500.00 scholarship to pursue pipe organ lessons. The scholarships were provided by the Northumberland Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Scholarship money is raised by the members of the Centre playing recitals in Northumberland and is a way of promoting the organ as " the king of instruments "; and, encouraging the interest young people to pursue musical training. Competitions are held on an annual basis through audition.
"Make it Indie" VENDOR CALL. All
creators and purveyors of Fine Craft and Decorative Art are invited to
submit work for the inaugural Christmas Fine Craft and Decorative
Art Show and Sale, 2010. Please see our website @
www.//makeitindie.blogspot.com for more details and vendor information and
forms or call Sally @905-377-0740.
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This newsletter
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